[Closed] Low impact house - and it's so cool

Mr Agreeable - Member

some guy in a grubby jumper

The guy in the OP was actually a photographer and graphic designer when he built that house.

That's as maybe Anthony, but it kind of ruins the 'visual' of my post! 😀

juan - Member

If the entire population did this in the UK we would have a patch 4 x 4 Metres.

You mean like most of the people in big cities have then?

May be more maths are probably wrong, something like 242,000 square Km and 61 million people

BTW someones put in planning permission for a bigger version in the Dales

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dales rider yes very wrong indeed
242000 sqaure km is equal to 242000000000 square metres. That about just under 4000 square metre per head.

I prefer Earthships - although they don't quite translate from New Mexico to the south coast.
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The assumption that kids living in a ore earthy way suffer "tummy troubles" - kids living in an endlessly disinfected way are made ill because of it, according to recent realisations - allergies esp are much worse when a healthy spectrum of background bugs is interfered with. I don't believe in having my house (and kids) overly clean, certainly not with the use of chemicals and disinfectants all ver the place.

And as for someone who would rather live n a tower block in Croydon! Jeez. Blimin' townies.

juan - Member

dales rider yes very wrong indeed
242000 sqaure km is equal to 242000000000 square metres. That about just under 4000 square metre per head.

So a patch of about 63 x 63 thats about as much as I've got already 🙂

although they don't quite translate from New Mexico to the south coast

Apparently they've built one in Scotland. 😯 http://www.sci-scotland.org.uk/earthship_centre.shtml

I prefer Earthships - although they don't quite translate from New Mexico to the south coast.

There is another in Stamner park in Brighton.

And as for someone who would rather live n a tower block in Croydon! Jeez. Blimin' townies.

Heh! I'll admit I was being deliberately obtuse (cos it's fun!), and I do think we all need to be 'greener'.

The bloke who's built this house should be commended for his efforts; it must have been a bloody difficult task. Hats off to him indeed. He is, in his own way, setting an example for others to follow. But, it is a bit of an idealistic hippyish dream, to suggest we can all live like that. I don't actually want to. I prefer my modern comforts too much. As for bugs and germs, his kids look remarkably healthy and happy.

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As the (stupid)song goes, 'It's not easy being green'. It's not that cheap, either, as Edukator has proved. And there will always be an man-made impact on the environment. It's about managing that impact carefully and sensitively.

Personally, I don't think it means we all have to live in mud huts. But if some want to, good luck to them.

FFS, that looks like an AT-AT! Not really in keeping with the surrounding area is it?

I'd love an AT-AT, too. And I'd say it's perfectly in keeping with the surrounding area, in much the same way that Falling Water fits in with its environment.

Agreed it's not massively environmentally friendly, though!

I know that a number have been built here - they don't quite have that desert vibe thing going in Brighton or Scotland though do they? There was one on Grand Designs a couple of years ago - strange how that programme seems to have stopped now isn't it?

I guess I feel more of a link to that kind of house because I'm only one generation away from living in something quite a lot more basic. During the war (not forgetting, this only changed in the early fifties) there were thousands of people living in the countryside in whatever could be found. My mum's family had a house on Leith Hill with no amenities at all and a very basic shed-like construction. Immediately post war there were lots of families who moved into army nissin huts in the woods and they (and my mum's family) were rehoused eventually in rural council estates - like the one I live in now (actually the same one).

As I said in an earlier post, our addiction to and expectation of what we think is a minimum standard of warmth and chemical cleanliness is very recent - like this current generation recent.

There was one on Grand Designs a couple of years ago - strange how that programme seems to have stopped now isn't it?

Thank God. I loved the programme, just can't stand Monty Don.

Did [url= http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/tax-rebate-plan-for-green-drivers-and-homeowners-1836032.html ]this tax planever happen?[/url]. Living where I do I'll get about £7 000 of tax relief and the electricity company buys the electricity I produce at a price that means the return on investment is significantly better than the long bond.

I remember building something like that (on a smaller scale) in the woods at the back of my folks house when I was 10. It provided a nice habitat for all sorts of creepy crawlies.

What disturbs me more than anything about this type of project, is that given 6 months of not shaving, washing or having a haircut, I could look exactly like this 😯
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